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Taking time off for Christmas as a small business owner is not easy. While our industry demands that we have time off, simply by shutting down, it doesn’t stop the ‘stuff’ that goes on behind the business scenes on a daily basis. So how do you really take time off at Christmas? Well it takes…Continue Reading

As builders, we are called on several times a week to provide home owners and clients looking to build new homes, a quote for their proposed works and with an approximate 60% conversion rate, we have had to learn how to handle the rejection. Not specific to construction, handling rejection is an extremely important business…Continue Reading

I have spoken a few times in the last month or so about how we have had a change in direction for our business. We have moved back to a business model that has Adam and myself doing most of the work. We found that we grew too quickly last year and…Continue Reading

I have an exciting makeover to share with you this week, in fact it needs to be seen to be believed. I have shared many time my love for window seats, in fact it was one of the instant attractions to our home, however I had not thought about how simple it…Continue Reading

You might wonder why The Builder’s Wife would be talking about mental health, in actual fact our industry has one of the highest rates of suicide. As a small business owner I have had some very challenging times in which my mental health has suffered. Working in an industry in which you are a very…Continue Reading

Recently I put the call out for Women willing to take part in sharing their story for our My Trade Story segment, I was thrilled with the response I received. Occasionally you are blessed to have the opportunity to meet an amazing person and I was blown away by Lorraine’s story, I think you will…Continue Reading

Occasionally you are blessed with the opportunity to meet someone who inspires you in ways you never thought possible. This was true for me when I had the privileged of meeting Fi Shewring last year when we both spoke at the HIA Women in Industry Lunch. I had no idea how profound an influence Fi…Continue Reading

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Hi, I'm Nicole, busy business manager to our construction company, life coach to our 5 kids, sharing the construction our lives, one project at a time, with the highlight of our 100+ year old Queenslander.